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NPA: Ngizwe Mchunu used his social media to incite violence after Zuma arrest
Mchunu was on Wednesday back in the dock at the Randburg Magistrates Court for a formal bail application.
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Lamola confident masterminds behind riots, looting suspects will be prosecuted
With successful prosecution depending on the police's investigation methods, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that experienced senior prosecutors had already been assigned to some of the dockets involving the alleged instigators.
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Ngizwe Mchunu's case one of political prosecution, say his supporters
Fees Must Fall activist and spokesperson for the Mchunu family, Bonginkosi Khanyile, maintained that Ngizwe Mchunu was innocent.
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Ngizwe Mchunu a flight risk and could interfere with investigations - NPA
Ngizwe Mchunu made his first court appearance on Wednesday on charges of incitement to cause public violence. He's accused of instigating the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last week.
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Zuma's corruption trial to resume August 10: judge
The ex-president sought to have the case postponed because of the pandemic and the recent unrest.
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NPA: Zuma's application to question spy tapes witnesses shouldn't be entertained
On Monday, former President Jacob Zuma made an application in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for a postponement of his arms deal fraud and corruption trial.
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It is not necessary to postpone Zuma's corruption trial, NPA tells court
The NPA is a respondent challenging Jacob Zuma's application to push back the trial so that the former president can also apply for a permanent stay of prosecution and testify in person as part of his plea.
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Proceedings against GP riot, looting suspects begin as suspects appear in court
A total number of 135 accused persons were facing charges ranging from public violence, housebreaking with intent to commit an offence to theft.
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Ex-ANC MP Vincent Smith facing more charges linked to Bosasa corruption
On Thursday, court proceedings against Smith and former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi were postponed to September.
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25% of NPA workforce has been affected by COVID-19, NDPP Batohi tells Scopa
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi said they have now applied to the health department to make NPA staff and prosecutors essential services so they can get vaccinated.
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COVID-19 impacting heavily on law enforcement agencies, Scopa hears
The Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on Tuesday briefed Parliament's finance watchdog Scopa about investigations into SOEs and private sector corruption.
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NDPP has until September to decide on perjury charges against Mkhwebane
On Friday the Pretoria Magistrates Court postponed the matter, granted Busisiwe Mkhwebane more time to show why all of the charges should be withdrawn.
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7 SANDF soldiers arrested for cross-border smuggling charged with fraud
Authorities said that over the past year, the soldiers allegedly accepted bribes to allow stolen cars to cross the border to Zimbabwe.
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Fifth accused in R25m Vrede dairy farm feasibility study matter granted bail
The feasibility study was awarded to Nulane Investments but the work was done by Deloitte for R1.5 million and Sharma and the Guptas allegedly pocketed the rest of the money.
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Court pencils in 18 July 2022 as possible trial date for Gumede, co-accused
Pre-trial proceedings in the matter were expected to kick-off on Monday but were postponed to later this year.
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SA-UAE extradition treaty paves way for Guptas to face criminal charges
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola confirmed that the extradition treaty between South Africa and the United Arab Emirates had been ratified after the National Prosecuting Authority approached Interpol to assist in the execution of warrants of arrests for brothers Atul and Rajesh Gupta, their wives and four others. The treaty comes into effect on 10 July. #Guptas #UAE
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Zuma claims state officials called him 'Zulu boy', NPA being used to target him
In papers before the court, Zuma claims – amongst other things – that the case has been coloured by ethnic discrimination.
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Singer Zahara charged with contempt of court in tax payment case
The Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court has found her guilty of being a no-show in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in April.
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NPA eager for Estina dairy farm trial to get under way
The NPA's Investigating Directorate spokesperson Sindisiwe Seboka said that they had completed their investigations and they would be ready to hand over their full docket to the defence team when all the suspects appeared in court in early July.
